The surname Yim
A Chinese surname, carried by 6,144 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex Y500
Origin
Chinese origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 嚴 /严 (jim⁴) or Cantonese 閻 /阎 (jim⁴).
One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,144 people named Yim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,252 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,426.
Who is named Yim
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Yim identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.0% as two or more races and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
- Two or more races 5.0%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Yim
Yim has the Soundex code Y500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y500.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Yim come from?
- Borrowed from Cantonese 嚴 /严 (jim⁴) or Cantonese 閻 /阎 (jim⁴).
- How common is the surname Yim?
- 6,144 people in the United States had the surname Yim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,252 Americans. It ranked 5,650th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Yim?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Yim identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.0% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Yim getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,144 in 2010, up 13%.